Three state justice investigators arrived at City Hall around 4
p.m. Thursday with a search warrant, said Kirsten Wyatt, city
spokeswoman. Investigators also searched Galle's house.

During their half-hour visit to City Hall, investigators took
Galle's city-issued Dell laptop from her second-floor office, which
they also searched. The officials also spoke with the city's
information technology manager about the city's e-mail back-up system,
Wyatt said.

"The search warrant was specific to my University records," Galle
wrote in a Friday afternoon e-mail to city staff and councilors. "They
were courteous and professional and spent very little time in my house.
The perplexing thing is that I would have gladly turned over any
records they wanted so not sure why a 'search warrant' was necessary."

Tony Green, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, declined to
comment, citing the ongoing status of the criminal investigation. He
would not say if the department had broadened its investigation beyond
the focus of Galle's education credentials.

The Oregon Secretary of State had originally begun its
investigation in January 2009 in response to a citizen complaint. It
forwarded the investigation to the Department of Justice last month.